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NUMWEU 10,562. VICTUALLING-OHICE, JULY 15, 1826. THE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do 'hereby give NOtice, that on TIMSDAY, the 1 5 t_l!ina§4t, theiwirt* be ready to receive Tenders in writing ‘" 4 ' e d and treat for Thirty Thousand Gallons of good, sound, full-bodied TENERIFFE WINE ; to be fully equal in quality to samrl e s which arc lodged at this Office, and at the Nictualling-Office at Deptford ; and to be delivered into the Vic tualling Stores at Deptford, duty free, within a fortnight from the day of Tender. The Comrdions of the Contract may be aeon at this Office. Each T'Aler must ,pecify the price in words at length, and be delivereil, before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the Per "' Who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must itte'nd to answer when called fur. M WALLER CLIFTON. THE LAST OF THE LOTTERY.-NOTICE. TO THE PUBLIC.--The Act of Parliament, 4 Geo. IV. cap. ‘4O, limits the duration of Lotteries in Great Britain and Ireland to the one drawing, announced to take place 18th Jul', The certainty of this being the very last opportunity of. adventuring in the Wheel of Fortune has created a demand far beyond the sale of any recent Lottery • and there is no &AA that, but for the extraordinary pressure of the times, and ihe intervention of the General Elections, which en tirely absorbed the public attention for a considerable period, every Ticket and Share would have been sold long since. A Re presentation of these facts to his Majesty's Government induced the Lords CoT.nmissioners of the Treasury to grant further time for the sale of such Tickets as remain unsold, which will enable many erkon 4 to possess themselves of Farewell Chances fur the SIX P ° I/ES :OIL THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, who must otherwise have suffered the Lottery to close for ever without the power of partaking of its last favours. By their Lordships' 'Warrant, in the Gazette, the final Drawing is to take place on W"NNSDAY, the Eighteenth day of OCTOBER next, instead of, as before announced, the 18th of July. This Day were published, in Bvo. price 143. boards, NOTES, of a JOURNEY through FRANCE and ITALY. I' the world's volume, Our Britain seems as of it, but not in it; • In a great pool, a swan's nest. Pr'ythee think There's livers out of Britain ?"---Cvat NMI NZ. Priatscl for Hunt and Clarke, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. This Day was published, In WI. 18mo. with a Portrait, price 3s. 6d. in boards, AN APOLOGY for the LIFE of Mr. COLLEY CIBI1E4; written by HIMSELF. With Introduction " AUTOBIOGRAPHY," Vol. 1. " All whO love the study of human nature, must read Cibber with gratification—lie lays himself open to philosophical inspec 110n With most perfect candour. All who love the stage, will fin d ill cibber its most amusing and successful historian and por trait-Paintrr. All who love to trace the change of manners, and la } t Q back upon. the follies of a former day, may turn to this little '' , unie with the firm assurance of finding amusement for many 4n hour.".__Allas• • Printed for Hunt and Clarice, Tavistock-street. CA B E T-M AKER S' SOCIETY.- ,CIISAP,CARINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the LON ON RE,POSITORY for the CABINET-MAKERS' SO CIETY, being the, only real one now existing in London, No. 71, corner of LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite Aldgatc Pump, and which has been established upwards of Six years. Ea r Ready Money, and no Abatement. Tl Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility Z l ,,,. C r e ntrYt that they still conduct the above Establishment for Benefit of indtultrtous and 'notions Mechanics' (who have large families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line of the beat workmanship, and cheaper than by any neuse,in London, no other profit being required than to satisfy t he warehouse rent and incidental expences ; being satisfied with constant, employment to enable them to support their families, the number of whom appear by the Books of the last Quarterly Aleeting to be 148. From the great patronage the Committee It ieve. received, they are in hopes of increasing that number. The following is a Specimen of the Low Prices asked ; all oods warranted : X. a. d. Pive feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post 1 10 0 Tent ditto 6 0 Bora 1 1 0 _ i -ered Mattress to fit - 3 0 r ol lt i nY,Drawersi with solid ends - • - •aiiogany Chairs - 610 0 Ili aim gall Pembroke Table :" 0 0 heather Bed free from dust and smell, from £2 12 0 to S 0 brah.• --Ing-room Sofa, fr ont £5 5 0 to 7 7 0 `info B edstead 3 8 0 Mahogany Horse-Hair Sofa - A quantity of PAW - 610 0 upwards win - ro om _ Hanging; for Bed, Dining, and Dra g igs at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth their attention. Houses lurnished at a few days' notice, and Apartments in a few hours. —Goods pack e d f ree o f expe llee except the matting. COMMITTEE. T. Carder IJ. W'l ion J. Carter T. Hamler J. Unott W. Waghorn THURNELL, Agent. J. ABLER, Secretary. HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADE.—We are in formed by a ship-muter, who lately arrived here, from Trinity, Martinique, that while he was at that port, a French slave shiP arrived there, after a long passage, from Africa. The whole number of slaves, when taken on board, eonsiated.of 800 ; but, owing to shortness of provision, and other cireumatancas incidental to the' traffic, 100 hail died before the vessel arrived. The re mainder were purchased by the commandant of the port, and sent to his plantations. Our informant saw these poor wretches on their ma rc h. Th ey were entirely naked, and so miserably weak and poOr, that it was with difficulty they could walk. Some of them were placed on mules ; all their ribs and other bones could he counted. On asking a Frenchman the cause of their frightful appearance, he received for answer, with a significant gesture, " Want for de stomach." hi the evening of the day of their RI , riv a l, a gentleman visited the plantation, and saw a few of them seated, eating sugar cane ; the rest were housed, with the excep tion or some who were burying one of their number, and, though at some distance, he heard the groans of the dying slave, who was partly covered with earth—Portland Paper. Last Thursday James Cameron, bookseller, Gal 10,,gate,. Was convicted in our Burgh Court of the most brutal treatment to his wife. The case came before the Police -court some time ag o, but it was there considered to he of such an aggra vated nature that the sitting magistrate sent it to a higher tribunal. Olt this account we refrained from noticing the case till the issue was finall y hp owe . The offence for which the offender had come under the lash of justice, according to the account of the unhappy and unfortunate wife, whose suffe r i ngs, as detailed by herself, were really heart-rending, was as follows :---On Sabbath. morning, the 11th Of /tine, Cameron went from home early, and late on the evening he same hack intoxicated. Re quarrelled with his wife. bite, poor creature, knowing Iris temper on such occasions, en_ ileavoured to escape from his clutches, and to run out of the house. This she unfortunately could not effect, as the door was shut and fastened. In this situation, by her account, she was compelled to submit to his severe ehastitement and repeated blows. She was wverely beat with a key upon the thigh and back of the leg, thrown position kicked by her lo r d and master . Not down, m i d in th a t c ont e nt with this, the inhuman husband s e t, m sh e states, a mu_ tin g upon her, which seizing her by the right b tore it m oat react, bit andseverel y, severely, in consequence of which laceration it be came quite black, and some apprehensions were entertained by her ite hecoming cancerous, in which case her life wou ld have been endangered. The cries of murder repeated by the poor woman 4 darmed the neighbonrs, but unable to get into the house the po lice was called in to their assistance, when the offender was taken into ,custody", and the wif e extr i ca t e d f rom hi s h an d s. To add to her uistresa she was at that time suckling an infant. For some time she continued to live separate from the husband ; but having nte n i nduced to, return to him again only a few s before the trial, the Cruel man escaped with only a fine ! - Glasgow %kris r. ---).-. 1 . : • : :::. 1 0t..1. ,1.. ,. : „ : ,,,,,, ,, :4.r 0 T ly, '• 1,,,, ri , -..----- dr— ,-----;,---.--f--z—,/ ---,_•, ,---- (..-'/. 1 , A l i ' '' ;', 'it•.',,, , y,' Ai , ,-; , 'it - 4 ,,,14- -, l'di s ,t(:' ' •-•;?' ' • ' . •••,. •,,, ' ''''' lilt ' ''' , - 4 1 0-4 , 41= 1 3 aFir ~.., . . -,,,. ~.. . ~--, V , i *-- --. •' - , . . , . •"1' . . A ' ,-- f - 1 ,; " - A .* ‘. 4 ........, , ,, , 11 1116. . •*-01.,..4? ~, ' 4 .- • • ' vr.' •.. vir,/ , ;'' '2 . ' ‘,. , i '' .; f ... ...1 k ...-• (4: - , . 4.41,—.- \I ... ui. . . vk . , . . " 1 , --, ' •,, • - .s ~,,,,, , .4 ' '' "' -', 1 ' 'n4 ft, , - „ • - .5 01 .''J i ;P o t * , _.- - 1.• ii c. it,,,,, ' , -4,:k1.: ." .- -4.) Ir, . '''' iti:l. - ,1 '' . -"- - '.' t '''' ~,,,, ‘, 0 fa - •-Air , c, , TUESDAY EVENINC 3 1 Yll 1126 JII 41 • THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ELECTION OF SCOTCH PEERS. HoLYROOD IIOUSZ. Thursday being the day fixed for the Election of the Sixteen Representative Peers of Scotland, an immense assemblage col lected in the Picture Gallery, Ilolyrood-house. At twelve o'clock the Lord Provost and Magistrates arrived, and took their place at the lower end of the Peers' table, which was set out in the centre of the room. Immediately thereafter the Peers entered, and arranged themselves on each side of the table. The whole votes by the Peers present, the proxies, and the signed lists, having been taken, the state of the vote was found to stand thus : Marquis of Queensberry 56 Tweeddale 56. Earl of Errol - 55 Home - 53 Kellie - 50 Elgin - 54 , Northesk - 37 Roseberry - 56 Viscount aforbuthnot 49 Strathallan 55 The following were therefore The Marquis of Queensberry Lord Forbes - 51 . Saltoun - 57 Gray - - 56 Blantyre - 1 Sinclair - 49 Colville - 45' Reay - - 17 Napier 55 Belhaven and Stentan 43 Rollo - 25 duly elected Viscount Strathallan Lord Forbes Sohowl Gray • Sinclair Colville. ; . • Napier • Belhaven and Stenton. e ; Lord Kintore, however, Tweeddale The Earl of Errol Home Nellie Elgin • Roseberry Viscount Arbuthnot Lord Blantyre was not a cane voted for him by a signed list. - THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Of 558 members who sat iu the last Parliament for Great Britaia There have been re-elected - - 417 New Members 141 Of those re-elected, there have voted for the second reading of the Emancipation Bill of 1825 - 187 Against it - - - - - 186 Did not vote - _ . - - 44 Thus we have certain data to guide us as to those whose names appear in the list of the division on that occasion. It is not possible to decide, with equal certainty, in regard to the new members, and those who had not voted on the occasion referred to. There can be little doubt, however, of our making a safe estimate for the cause of emancipation, by dividing these in the same proportions as the members re-elected—that is, in equal numbers on each side, after devoting one for the Speaker, who, of course, did not vote. , Of the 100 Irish members, we can ascertain the sentiments nearly of all. It is quite certain that 70 are friendly; two or three doubtful, not included, The account, then, will stand thus : FOR EMA NCIPATION. i English and Scotch Members (certain) - 167 New Members and others not in the lists (one half thereof - - - - - 92 Irish Members - - . - 70 • . —349 AGAINST 101ANCITATION. English and Scotch Members - - New Members and others (one half) - Irish Members 186 92 30 -308 Majority in favour of emancipation - 41 The whole 658 members will not, of course, attend ; but we think the cause of emancipation will rather gain than lose by that circumstance, its friends being rather more active in its favour than its eneinies against it. The only point whereon to have a. doubt is, the estimate of the new members, which,, we are confi dent, is rather unfavourable than otherwise ; neither is it unrea sonable, all things considered, that we should expect a few con versions. —DuNin Morning Post. THE SNOW ON FIRE IN SCOTLAND. In the zeal of our correspondents to furnish us with the particulars of the recent fires in the upland districts, we find they have been led to hazard conjectures as to their origin, and to state circumstances regarding_ their progress, not altogether consistent with the facts. We now state, from authority, that the first appearance in Braemar was on the west side of the water of Clunie, above Achindrine, on Saturday the 24th ult. when the adjoining tenantry on the In vercau ld estate, a l ong w i t h those of Lord Fife, in the neighboerhood, immediately turned out, and kept it from spreading very far beyond where it had originally commenced. This fire was originated by a young man formerly insane, and pronounced "Fatuous" since he has been lodged in gaol. About the same time as the above fire commenced, the heath at the head of Glengelder was also set fire to ; but 'being at such a distance it created little uneasiness till Sunday, when the Balmorral tenantry turned out to arrest its progress, It spread, however, so rapidly towards Lochnagarbh and Invercauld forest On the west, and on the east towards Abergeldie, that the ad joining tenants on both these estates simultaneously came in the evening to give their assistance. The wind being favourable for the Invercauld tenants, they suc ceeded in preventing the fire reaching either the forest or snow of Lochnagarbh; but it was not till afte r a con siderable extent of damage was done in 'the Ab erge ldi e . estate, that the tenants there succeeded in stopping it.— Neither had any c o n nec ti on w i t h t h ose i n o l ieu h rn er of uiek tl; fires previon they would have had to cross 'either the river or loch before reaching that quarter. The primary cause of all these fires was neither lightning , nor the reflection of the son but as a precognition is now now going on, relating to them , we forbear saying more at present on the subject. — en Chronicle. [Ou r readers will no doubt beat a loss t o conce i ve w h y the Highlanders should .be aftstid that fir e s h ou ld reac h their snow and melt it. We have heard an anecdote m th a a y t i ed t xp r l e a f i e a rr t e h d ia. to A the ertid sn (though 'we cannot say n ow pro o - f his lan d s as long as th e snow li es on p r o i e c h t o n r ag i s a raab said t o w h h o i l e d h a mountain on the estate; and that if any extr aor di nary warm summer should entirely melt it, these lands would revert to the superior. Tradition adds, that one season the snow me l te d mos t alarmingly, until only a very small heap r ema i ne d on t h e su mmit of the mountain. A sort of pot or caldron was carried tip and inverted over it to pre vent its total liquidation, and the ensuing winter brought so abund ant a supply, that the pot has never since been seen, but remains buried in the midst of (it is hoped) eter nal snows.) _ Mr. BARON GRAIIANI.— Lae ~.i enience. A ed Jude has in hearing is a great source d °f hi iii m e Z : in the box, er ---- 1 a'fficUity this learn witn"" during a trial on Friday PreeOtt e- - _Th e Judge when the tBlowing conversation took pace: -- The ~ The What are you, si x ?,, Witness 4 , A lath-river." mv Lord, Judge , " Oh! a cattle-driver. "—Counsel : " N°l -' a • ft last- river a lath-river." The Judge: " Oh, very good, " - 1 (emphatically.) 'What, you make lasts for shoemakers, sup poke pose ? " — W4 IIO : " No, toy Lord ; to . do . . with them.".....v --utviel: " The witness, my Lord, is a lath river" (distinctlY.) The Judge : " Oh, come, a person that river, drives laths ; what that ?"—Co 8; " A lath r--r--river, who rives laths." ILI Lordship at length comprehended the I have nothing word. The sane day a witness in another ease was proceeding with his statement, when, after one of the pauses which wil• noises are obliged to make to give the Judge time to take. down .his previ ous answer , M r . Baron Oraham addressed him thus; " Well, Sir, you say lie stole so me s h eep ?" 'Mr. Dowling) the examining Counsel : "My Lord he has not said a word about stealing sheep." The Judge: "Well, Sir, what did be say he stole ?"—Witrites : " I never said he stole any thing at all, my Lord." —Sunday Paper. APPEAL to the PEOPLE of ENGLAND• The excitement of the General Election haring now subsided, and the public mind being no longer occupied with that all-absorbing topic, the present period is em braced for recalling general attention to the following Ap peal, which, in the great national struggle now happily closed, has been necessarily overlooked, though it is too powerful to have been quite forgotten. The case of Alr. :Buckingham (the late Editor 'of the Calcutta Journal, and present Editor of the Oriental Herald) is now so well known to the people of England generally, that any lengthen ed detail of his Wrongs and sufferings is no longer necessary. It may suffice to state, that though-residing in Calcutta with a regu lar license of the East India Company, and conducting for a period of five years a highly popular Journal, under the open counte nance and protection of their Government (to which it paid a revenue of more than 4000/, sterling per annum), in postage alone, and yielded to its propriet or a net prof i t o f 8 , 0 001. sterling per annum), without having been ouv convicted of any libel, public or private, during the wboloof that wriest he was badished from-India without a trial or a hearing, for merely anticipating the opinion of the Government in England, by mildly questioning the propriety of a transaction, which was no sooner known by the public authorities in this country than it received their severest reprehension. On leaving India, Mr. Buckingham indulged a strong hope of his being permitted, by the Government at home, to return ; and conceiving his establishment to be safe, under the protection of thelaws, he reposed such confidence in the good faith of thelndian Government, as , ttileave behind him, under the management of his agents, property to the value of 30,000/., in printing materials, books, buildings, and all the necessary appendages of a daily paper and public library, besides a large balance of cash in his banker's hands, for the purpose of conduct* his business in his absence. lie had scarcely reached England, however, before he learnt that the government of India had taken immediate advantage of his departure, to commence and pursne.a series of measures, by which all the property left behind hint in materials and money was entirely swept away ; his establiahmentlireibly transferred to the hands of others; and a decree made by lie government, that so long as he had any share of property in it, it should never be suffered to go on, whoever might be its conductors, or whatever the course of policy it Might pursue ; though the same concern was allowed to be carried on for the benefit of the perion put into full possession of all its value; without purchase or compensation, by the very Government that had banished its lawful owner from their shores. Apprehending, in addition to this calamity, the accumulation of debts, by his not being present to superintend the winding up of his own affairs, Mr. Buckingham entreated permission of the India Directors to return to Calcutta, for ever so short a period, merely to gather up the wreck of his ruined concern, and stay the tide of destruction which was fast overwhelming every thing he possessed. But this bumble and reasonable request was cruelly refused ; in consequence of which, the utter annihilation of his property, and the anticipated accumulation of heavy debts, un happily occurred, and left him equally without hope of recovering the losses of the past, or of being able to bearlup against the bur • t thens of the future. After an ineffectual struggle of nearly three years, during which every legal and constitutional means of redress for his manifold in juries was tried in vain, the friends of Mr. Buckingham submitted to the East India Company the following resolution : " That the severe loss of property sustained by Mr. Bucking ham, in consequence of the measures of the Bengal Government subsequently to his departure from India, having involved him in pecuniary difficulties, which it could never have been within the contemplation of the public authorities to occasion, but against which no human foresight-on hi part could have Provided, and these difficulties having been greatly augmented by the obsta cles which prevented him from returning to Calcutta for a short period, to wind up hisairairs—,the Proprietors of East India Stunk, animated solely by a desire to relieve that gentleman front the embarrassments in which he is now unhappily Adungeti, earnestly recommend to their Honourable Directors that there be granted to Mr. Buckingham, from the funds of the Company, for the pur pose of assisting him to surmount his present difficulties, the sum of 5, 0001. sterling, being not more than one-eighth part of the actual loss of property occasioned by the proceedings adverted to ; assuring the Honourable Directors that they will meet with the cordial support of this Court, in helping to repair misfortunes, and alleviate sufferings, no doubt unwillingly witnessed and uninten tionally inflicted." _ _ This resolution was signed by the prescribed number of East India Proprietors, of the highest rank and character, and Sub mitted to a ballot, when 157 independent votes declared in favour of the resolution ; but the Directors having uniformly united to defeat every prayer and hope of the supplicant, exerted their in fluence on this occasion also, to oppose his claims, and the humble boon thus asked from their treasured millions was accordingly denied ! Mr. Buckingham next appealed by petition to' the British Par liament, a majority of which thought his case one of such hardship as to call for investigation ; and, on the motion of Lord John Russell, by whom the petition was presented, a Committee was granted to inquire into and report on the same. The investigation was immediately entered into P • hut, before it could be brought to a close, the dis so l u ti on o f Parliament put an end to all the petitioner's hopes. Such, hoWever, was the im pression created by the evidence produced, that the Chairman, Lord John Russell, publicly declared that his conviction of the hardship and cruelty of Mr. Buckingham's case bad been greatly strengthened by the facts disclosed ; and that, after a most minute examination of the conduct for whieh the petitioner was punished, he considered it to be not merely blameless, but such as reflected the highest honour on his character. _ The failure of this last hope that presented itself to the injured individual, left him now no other course but that of submitting to an appeal being made to the British publio on his behalf; and Lord John R u ssell having undertaken to preside at a Public Meeting to be called for that purpose, it was accordingly con vened. Short as was the notice of this meeting, and highly disadvan tageous the period, from the circumstance of nearly all the public characters having left town to proceed to the new elections, a very numerous and highly respectable assembly appeared at the Thatched House Tavern, on Saturday the Sd of June, at the hour appointed, two o'clock, the room being filled to the very threshold; when, after various addresses to the parties assembled, by Lord John Russell, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr Hume, Sir Charles Forbes, Mr. Hill, Mr. Lewin, Sir John Doyle, Mr. Butt, Dr. Gilchrist, Mr. Bowring,, and Captain Maxfield (a full report of which is liven in the Oriental Herald for the month of July), the sub joined resolution was put and carried unanimously : " That the case of Mr. Buckingham appears to this Meeting to be one of such unusual hardship and unmerited severity, as to give i him the strongest claim on the benevolent sympathies of his fel low-countrymen; and every other avenue of hope for immediate relief being now unfortunately dosed—they earnestly solicit the liberal Contributions of the British Public on his behalf, in order to repair, in some degree, the ruin of his fortunes, and to rescue his family from impending destruction." • The following are extracts from an Address recently Sent out to India, on Mr. Buckingham's behalf, at a period when it was hoped that any appeal to the pablic of England would have been unnecessary . but the urgent pressare of the embarrassments ad verted to, and the great length of time that must necessarily elope before any returns can be had from that distant country, renders the aid of th e B r i t i s h commun i t y of die greatest importanc e ; an d in the hop e of obtaining their cordial and general co-operation to promote th e sp ee dy acco mplishment of so desirable an en d, th e statements it co n t a i ns ar e accordinglysubmitted ai eqy ent i t l e d to their consid erat i on " The history' of Mr. Buckingham's life seeme to establish. for him a powerful c l a i m to respect a nd sympathy, f rom a ll who es teem persevering i ntegr i t y. But his exertion's, when pl ace d by uall circumstanc es in a p u bli c c h arac ter ,--his loeses, his sufferings, and his zeal in what be COnsidered a public duty, give him a more especial claini on felkov subjects in India—Whether Native, A t iglo-Indian, or .—in cause, as he conceived it to'be, he has made shipwreek of his fortune ; and to whom he now t u rns an eye of hope for sympathy and relief, in the hoiur of his distress. _ _ _ " But there are circumstances in Mr. Buckingham's recent con duct, which none can well know or duly appreciate, except such as have been resident nt England of late years. The testimony of such persons may be of use to him at this crisis, and is the chief object of this address ;—that testimony referring to matters of fact, and leaving out of consideration opinions on political questions in volved in his protracted struggles. " The fidelity with which Mr. Buckingham has adhered to what he honestly believed the good cause of Indian improvement, aver since his return to Btiglant4—the perseverance manifested by hint under discouragements that would have driven many men to despair,—the expenditure of the remains of his Indian wings, in trying every legal channel of redress for public evils and private wrongs.--and the purity of his private character, amidst his diffi culties and embarrassments, are, well known and rightly estimated by all unprejudiced men. " The undersigned, having had opportunities of witnessing, the exercise of those virtues in the conduct of Mr. Buckingham, most readily bear testimony to them, as well as to his present distrusses t and on these grounds, they make this appeal to the community of India—of whatever rank, class, or condition—imploring them to contribute, in the mode and Measure best suited to their position, and most agreeable to their feelings, to the relief of a man on whom misfortune has fallen with so heavy a hand, and whose in tentions are believed, to have been entirely pure and honest. The subscribers would fain hope, by this meatus, to rescue him from im pending destruction, and restore hint to that place in society to which his habits and acquirements entitle, him." The original of the foregoing appeal bears the signatures of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen : Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. M.P. - John Smith, Esq. M.P. James Barnett, Esq. John G. I.ambton, Esq. M.P. Wm. 13abington, Esq. M.D. Thomas Wilde, Esq. Hon. Douglas kinnaird Edw. Benjamin Lewin, Esq. Thomas Denman, Esq, M.P. Hon. Leicester Stanhope Sir F. Burdett, Bart. M.P. Gen. Sir J. Doyle, Batt G. C. B. Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. John Forbes, Esq. Hon. W. Ramsay Mauls, ALP. John Stewart, Esq. Lord John Russell, M.P. Lord Nugent, ALP. Colonel Torrents R. M. F. R. S. Rowland Hill, Esq. Hon. C H. Hutchinson, M.P. Walter Coulson, Esq. Michael A. Taylor, Req. M.P. John B. Gilchrist, Esq., LL.D. James Inverarity, Esq. Gen. Sir R. C. Ferguson, k. C. B. M P. Rev. W. J. Fox Matthew Wood, Esq. M.P. James Macdonald, Esq. James Grattan, Esq. M.P. Matthew Davenport, Hill, Eaq. James Leman, Esq. Sir Robert Wilson, ALP. James Scarlett, Esq. M.P. J. Ashton Yates, Esq. Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. The Rev. Robert Aspland John C. Hohhouse, Esq. 111. P. John Melville, Esq. Henry Brougham ' Esq. Richard Gurney, Esq. W. P. Hollywood, E.g. M.P. Michael Bruce, Esq. John Williams, Esq. ALP, Jeremy Bentham, Esq. Edward Ellice, Esq. M.P. Captain Maxfield Hon. J. Abercrombie, M.P. William \lliad, Esq. LIST OV Sir Chas. Forbes, Bart. M.P. - - £5OO 0 Ditto for Native Indian - Friends - - 500 0 Ditto for John Palmer, Esq., Calcutta - $OO 0 Js. Young, Esq., Bengal 200 0 ARetired IndimiCivilian 200 0 The Hon. Doug. EJnnard 100 0 J.G.Lambton,Esq;ALP.loo 0 Hon. Leicester Stanhope 100 , J. Stewart, Esq., Bom bay - - 150 0, Sir F. Burdett, Bart. M.P. - 100 0 Sir Henry Strachey, Bt. 100 0 John Forbes, Esq. - 50 0 Sir Alexander Johnston 20 0 R. Grahame, Req., Glue. goo. „ - 100 0 W. Ratkbone, Esq. Liver. pool - - 25 0 J. A. Yates, Esq., of do. 25 0 A Retired Indian Officer 50 0 Rey. Robert Fellowes 50 0 An Indian Friend 100 0 James Morrison, Esq. 50 0 An Indian Chaplain 50 0 J. Cropper, Esq., Liver -50 0 Rob. Benson, Esq. of do. 50 0 John Smith, Esq. M.P. 50 0 James Barnett, Esq. 50 0 Joseph Hume, Esq., M. P 50 0 Captain Maxfield - X 25 0 John Melville, Isaq. - 50 0 Dr. J. B. Gilchrist 50 0 E. B. Lewin, Esq. 50 0 J. C. Remington, Esq. 25 0 Anlndian at home on leave 5 0 Robert Rickards, Esq. 25 0 J. T. Rutt, Req. 5 0 John Miller, Esq. 50 0 Sir R. C. Fergusson 5 5 A Bengal Officer 100 0 Alexander Young 25 0 The Examiner Newspaper 5 0 Tw °lndia nFriends ( through Lord John Russell) 100 0 M. D. Hill, Esq. 5 0 Win. Greig, City-road 5 0 F. G. . - 1 1 The Globe and Traveller 20 0 T. L. H. - 10 0 T. W. Hill and Sons 20 0 Lord John Russell 50 0 AProprietorOf India Stock2s 0 M. T. B. -- - 2 2 Launcelot Cooke, Esq. 5 0 Thomas Lowe r . 1 0 James Malcolmeon, Esq. 10 -10 John Henry Roberts 1 , 1 Nickolas Hankey Smith, Esq. James Paterson, ,Bu. M.D. John Towell Rutt, Esq. John 13owring, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. Henry Meredith . Parker, Esq. —who adds; after his signa ture, the following sentence : " Differing entirely from Mr. B. in politics, lint 'convinced that he is a sufferer for con science-sake ; and, by an in tercourse nf ten years, in India and in England, that he is an upright, honourable, and ex cellent man." AULIAPY REC*IVED. Wm. Spelman Ayres i 0 Mrs. Campbell - 1 0 Wm. Bennet - 0 J. T. Bennett - 0 James Wallace - 2 .0 A Leeds Man - 1 0 J. A. St. John - 5 0 John Gordon - 2 0 Off (not) with his head— a Sovereign for Buck ingham 1 0 !E. C. Macnaghten, Esq. 10 0 I A Newspaper Proprietor 5 0 11. P. Tennant, Esq. 2 0 An Enemy to Monopoly b 0 P. M. Wyneh, Esq. 20 0 R. Thomas - 2 0 A Friend of Free Discus sion - 5 0 John Williams, Esq. 5 o John Brown - I 0 David James - 1 0 An Enemy to oppres. Pion - - 1 0 Thomas Wilkinson 50 0 -A Fellow Sufferer front Oppression - 10 0 A Secret Friend - 2 0 Charles Ferguson - 1 0 William Low - 2 0 A Voter against Bankes 5 0 H. T. P. - - 5 0 John Cheese - 2 0 A Proprietor of India Stock - - 10 0 R. Dixon - - 2 0 W. S. L. Trelawney 10 0 W. Jackson - 1 0 An Enemy to Punishment without Trial - 10 0 J. Campbell - 1 0 Sir Gregory A. Lewin 1 1 A Printer - 2 0 E. B. - - 1 0 John Green - 1 0 Geotge Colvin - 2 0 An Englishman - 1 0 Edw. Brodie, Versailles 10 0 William Henry - 1 0 A Lady - - 5 0 J. M. Taylor, Esq. 10 0 .H. M. P. - - 5 0 J. Mackintosh - 5 0 An Officer's Widow 1 1 J. Alexander 5 0 A Friend - - 2 0 S. Wakefield - 3 0 Capt. F..astwick - 5 0 Col. Hutchinson - 1 1 Gen. Sind. Doyle, Bart. 10 0 P. B. - - 3 Lord Kinnaird - 20 0 It wilt be seen that the contributions already received for Mr. Buckingham's relief have been sufficiently liberal to mark the high sense entertained of his character and wrongs by the benevolent contributors. But as it is desired that the subscription should be in every sense of the.word a public one, and embrace all ranks and classes of society, whether in India or in England, the smallest sums will he cheerfully received, with a view to mark the exten sive and general sympathy which it is considered that this case is calculated to excite in every truly English bosom. Eubscriptions'will be received by all the agency houses in India; by the principal bankers in England ; by most of the large book sellers ; at the leading literary and other clubs ; and by the editors of all the public journals in the kingdom ; of each of whom it is requested, that all sums received on this account may be remitted to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, Mansion-house Place ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall East ; or to the Com mittee for relief of Mr. Buckingham, at the Thatched House Ta verni St. James's. (Signed) LEICESTER STANIIOPE, Secretary. Committee Room, London, July 1826., t ne t re t h i Et r e e t i th fi n : e a ti o n i r t e o : p o p o p f o t rt h l : e ft . y a - i 4 * * As this subscription will be kepi open a su ffi cient time to admit of including the returns front the country, and even from ad ditional Puns which may be transmitt ed by subscribers, who, front distance:l na wholeAl a s ra t p i st f or aithful is 'f; 0 11: jlefouiltr' other cans report l t t a 6 l l e l be:e:d‘a made have a i e g n o uftr objects.be a case in Which the might be fairly sympathise, of all the it is earnestly opinions, which are not' here involved) the blY several 4rPe Editors iTors sy :d pa Public Journals in the kingdom will afford at least one i nser tion of this Appeal in their respective Papers, as an eas y yet acceptable contribution to the relief of a member of their own body, who has suffered so severely i common cause. .haloldpelld°llthTnit PRICE SEVENTENCE. COUNTY COURT FOR MIDDLESEX. TUZ EZMALX CROVITS SINGE is o TIIP: oris,A t, sturton VELLUTI. Signor Baptista Velluti was proceeded against by the telltale chorus singers of the King's Theatre, to recover the Inn of U. each, for work and labour done, by singing for him'On the night of his benefit. The court was crowded by tbeatritals and others interested in the cause. There appeared a dashing array of anted girls against him. Great disappointment was caused by hi* nun appearance, but Mr. Monkhouse attended on his behalf, and there was also a number of Italian singers. Miss Rutmnins stated the case for the plaintiffs.. They were engaged by Mr. Then to sing during the aeasou, but they had concluded their engagements before the benefit of Signor Velluti arrived, About a mouth before this time, Mr. Ruhbi, the master of the chorus singers, having assembled them all, mule and female, in the Green-romn, read a letter to them from Mr. Velluti, pro mising them one guinea - each if they performed their parts well. Being excited by this extraordinary reward, they attended re heareaWiltaing rearly'thrte weeks, from half-past nine o'clock in the morning until two, three, four, and five o'clock in the after noon, and sometimes they were called again at half-past six o'clock, and engaged until ten at night. The night arrived, and it was acknowledged that they performed their parts well. The gentlemen chorus singers had been paid, but the ladies bad been refused; on what pretence it would be fa the Court to hear and decide. The learned Judge, Mr. Dußois, asked for the letter sent by Mr. Rubbi. Mr. Atonkhouse said Mr. Rubbi was not here. Mr. DUBOIS.—Then I shall adjourn the case, as he is your agent, and you must produce him. Mr. Monkhouse then produced what he said was the raw. It promised 11. to the gentlemen, on condition that they were perfect in their parts, but nut one word about the ladies. The hidies one and all declared that the letter produced was not the letter read to them in the Green-room. Mr. Duaois.—Where is the real letter? Mr. Monkhouse.—l have none other. Mr. Donots.—Then favour us with a 'reason why he paid the gentlemen and refuses the ladies. Mr. Moukhouse said the fact wait, the Signor had a decided ob jection to the ladies, and never allowed them to ippen in any place where he was concerned. He had been indisposed at home, tnd had sent the letter in question (which was undoubtedly the letter he had sent), requesting that one guinea should be offered as a gratuity to the gentlemen only. - Air. &fem..; Why this is an extraordinary- want of gni tantry, to pay the men and re-fuse to pay the females. Mr. Monkhouse.-11e did not know of the Julies being so engaged, contrary to hie wish and express directions. One of the plaintiffis, —Why, he has beat time to me. [ Here there was a chorus of—" Ile pricks out the score for Ir.. "1 Miss Rummins.—He could not have done without us, as we had solos, which could not have been omitted. He beat time to tit. Here there were so many of the fair plaintiffs talking eloquently It once, that nothing could he heard, and the officers of the Court had some difficulty in procuring silence. Mr. Monkhouse said that the guinea Nt'lt3 promised as a gre.. taity only ; that the Signor ought not to be called upon to pay it as a debt, more particularly as he had objceted to permit the Ladles to sing its any piece where he performed. Here there was a strong manifestation of feeling on the part of the female as well the male portion of the auditory. Mr. Monkhouse, notwithstanding, contended, that as the letter referred only to the mascitline gender, they alone were entitled to the gratuity.. Mr. Makils could not help saying that the defence was paltry. He considered that the terms of the letter might be taken to mean the choristers generally ; and, though the masculine gender was particularly referred to, as that (according to the opinion of some) denominated the superior sort of the creation, the others. as inferiors, were included in th e t erm . The La dies had per formed the labour; and why, if he had so strong an objection to them, did he riot prevent them? The Choristers—Lie beat time to us. The Learned Julius decided, that the Ladies having performed the labour, were entitled to the reward. A friend of the Signor's here stepped forward, and said, that it was not the object of the money, but the mode i n w hi c h i t WU demanded, that induced him t o defend the present procettlinrc Air. Dulunti— . --Poh! poll! I do not hesitate to say that I con sider it as a trumpery defence. The other plaintiffs were burdened with compliments an to their general treatment. It appears, that according to the system of the large theatres, of screwing down the salaries of the minor per formers, in order to give enormous sums to the principals, the else. rioters had been paid during the first part of the season at be. per night, or l Is. 7d. per week, out of which they hat'. to buy shoes, gloves, and flowers, adapted to the costutne of the various characters ; they had for some months to attend the rehearsals every day, half-past nine to Jive; on some days dress was to be found them, but was often neglected, and they were seen perform; ing the characters of Grecian virgins in the dresses of Spanish peasants, lkc. ; and petticoats of such extraordinary brevity, that. they might have beau mistaken for kilts, were sent down to them from the wardrobe. In the course of the season Signor Velluti interceded for the gentlemen, and obtained an vivant* of their sa lary to l ss. per night. The ladies struck—Madame Pasta in terceded for them—and obtained the enormous advance of is. making altogether 7s. per night. Of course this was not matter with which this court, (though it possesses, as the Learned Judge stated iu the course of the cause, an equitable jurisdiction) could have interfered in, any way. The ladies retired, Jejoieing in their success. One of our contemporaries observes that a young female singer, who made her entree at the Haymarket last week, is decidedly the best English .singer of the day, with three or four exceptions !' RIGHT OF OPENING DEAD lioDlEs.—On Sa turday an inquest was held on the body of James Colley, a car penter, employed on the works of th e n e w London Bridge, who was drowned by falling into the river on Friday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock. The jury, consisting of the most respectable inhabitants of the perish, having been sworn, proceeded to the room where the :bodies are usually viewed, but was informed it hail not then been brought from the dead-house. Atter a lapse of some minutes, it arrived in a shell, without the least covering whatever, when the jury expressed their astonishment at the Went of decency evinced. The friends of the deceased also, on "perceiving the marks of the surgeon's knife, complained bitterly of the violation of the promise given them that the body should not be opened. On the return of the jury to the inquest-room, the evidence of James Evan* and John Lee was received, they being two other workmen employed in the erection of the new London Bridge ; and it appeared that the deceased in the act of passing to his tool-basket, to lend a fellow-workman a file, .trod upon a wooden clamp, that turned under him, as it is suppose], a splash being heard in the water directly after, and his paper cap , and handkerchief observed floating on the outside ring of the dam. The drags were immediately ob tained, and, in five minutes, the body was raised to the surface but the clothes tearing from the hooks, it sunk apish, and was not recovered till near half an hour after. Mr. Bitchman, dresser to the hospital, described the deceased to, died when brought in. A verdict of " accidentally drowned" was then returned, which was no sooner given than the witnesses, Evans and Lee, request sd the Coroner to inf i rm them by what means they conk] obtain re- dress for the pain inflicted on the friends of the deceased by : t . 1!4 . 0 wanton opening of the body. Mr. Shelton observed, that i t : lit, Bartholomew's hospital, of which he had been a gove w t , l .. n . many years, no pupil testa 'allowed to open the lx)4 ,r 41Zr he written p erm i ss i on , from the hotescoairgeon t 7 7 0 1:., was sorry to ohs" the "10 rule Ir4-* theltift :I rl ion l3 l7tg rough hospitals. Hire an inninl'n ry to open the body tit to expose Itin"eit" raying it w " ilt( e i ve d into the stomach. to ascertain whether poison had beei:a4ir eynect _ ng _ to find St. Mr. Shelton.--- 44 You equal w h o had been ma_ Paul's 01 '7' „ .. .. /li "„ ha vn*l i , 4 • t an . e ,y the strong feeling excited ; mined , em ' eavaur ru "FT - li ne d to phi their faith upon his but the Coroner c o o n n e s r id : d a it: r t Ki n ' 46c aatts fiwtory had been offered. The ra h and A dvised the friends of the deceased to apply ()crones, dk MICA to the treasurer of the hospital, observing, that he himself would apply in person, ,~ ~~ ~~ ~~ $4